Enter the 2009 Fantasy chess competition, in which YOU pick your favorites in the 2009 U.S. Championship (Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, May 7-17). The 24-player field is divided into match-ups such as Zatonskih-Krush and Nakamura-Kamsky, and you predict who will get more points in the tournament. Here is the link to play: http://uschess.org/fc_2009/
You have to log on to enter and you must be a USCF member to win prizes including a Monroi Personal Chess Manager, a signed book by Garry Kasparov and membership extensions. Details on prizes and rules here: http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9328/525
No matter how your fantasy team does, get ready for an exciting two weeks in American chess. Uschesschamps.com and uschess.org will feature blogs and videos from the first U.S. Championship since 2006 in which Kamsky and Nakamura are both competing.
Thanks to Marty Hirsch, Greg Shahade and Arun Sharma for making sure the fans could play fantasy chess 2009!
Jennifer Shahade
Chess Life Online editor
2009 U.S. Championship chair